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Chapter 9. Challenging Behaviour

  1. Angela Hassiotis Senior Lecturer3,
  2. Diana Andrea Barron Clinical Research Fellow3,
  3. Ian Hall Consultant Psychiatrist4
  1. David Smith1,
  2. William Howie2

Published Online: 16 OCT 2009

DOI: 10.1002/9780470682968.ch9

Book Title

Intellectual Disability Psychiatry: A Practical Handbook

Intellectual Disability Psychiatry: A Practical Handbook

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How to Cite

Smith, D. and Howie, W. (2009) Challenging Behaviour, in Intellectual Disability Psychiatry: A Practical Handbook (eds A. Hassiotis, D. A. Barron and I. Hall), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/9780470682968.ch9

Editor Information

  1. 3

    UCL Department of Mental Health Sciences, London W1W 7EJ, UK

  2. 4

    East London NHS Foundation Trust, London E1 4DG, UK

Author Information

  1. 1

    CAMHS, South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust, London, UK

  2. 2

    Assessment and Intervention Team, South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust, London, UK

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 16 OCT 2009
  2. Published Print: 11 DEC 2009

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780470742518

Online ISBN: 9780470682968

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Keywords:

  • challenging behaviour or ‘challenges’ - people controlling individual's environment;
  • challenging behaviour in people with learning disabilities and community treatment;
  • challenging behaviour - communication of individual's needs;
  • diagnostic overshadowing - aggressive and self-injurious behaviours, innate part of a person's presentation;
  • systemic thinking - commonly called family therapy;
  • systemic thinking - techniques providing framework for understanding;
  • commissioning specialist services in managing challenging behaviour;
  • Attention deficit disorders (ADDs);
  • gathering information - first part of functional assessment;
  • antecedents, behaviour and consequences (ABC) and settings, triggers, action and response (STAR)

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Introduction

  • Systemic perspectives in challenging behaviour

  • Assessment

  • Functional assessment

  • Management

  • Conclusion

  • References

  • Further reading

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